The actor is the protagonist of ‘O Debate’, a film that mixes reality and fiction by addressing the outcome of the post-pandemic election campaign
The actor Paolo Betti69 years old, he gives life to the meticulous journalist Marcos in the film ‘the debate‘, which opens this Thursday, 25th, in theaters. If, on the one hand, the character is pragmatic in his profession and always thinks twice before publishing any information, the actor who embodies him does not hesitate to take sides, defending what he believes in and proposing a debate.
Betti has become a well-known figure in the protests against the current government. In June 2021, she used Twitter to invite like-minded people to take to the streets with the Brazilian flag. “Let’s take this symbol again,” she wrote at the time.
In an exclusive interview with Land, the actor regretted that the political debate has taken on a more violent tone in recent years. The self-exile of former Federal MP Jean Wyllys is, for him, an example of this radicalization.
“I go to demonstrations, I like to go there, but today I pay more attention,” he says. “Lately I have been worried about my personal safety. Not because I have been attacked a lot (…) But today I am already wondering if that person who supports the current president … If he can’t try to attack me too,” he declares he.
For Debora Bloch, who plays Paula, also a journalist, in the film directed by Caio Blat, the current political environment has normalized violence. She even classifies reality as close to terror.
“For me this is terrorism, you go in and kill someone at a birthday party and this is normal,” says the actress indignantly.
About “The debate”
Violence and the use of weapons are just two of the many topics that ‘O Debate’ brings into discussion through the main characters, Marcos and Paula. In the affair, the two reporters are out to publish a poll that could give the opposition candidate an advantage, even if he has not been registered as required by law.
The clash of this couple is the door to discuss more than politics, since the two are separating. The film deals with love, freedom, democracy, monogamy, sex, ethics and ideology. Like a real-life presidential campaign, the discussion goes beyond politics.
Despite the problems, the director’s debut Gaius Blat guarantees that the film is not political.
“We had to take several steps back and defend basic principles. So, our film basically defends polls, democracy, science and the vaccine,” he says.
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For the director, the political scenario has set the debate back. “We have stopped talking about what really matters in the country: the current crisis, the people suffering from hunger again, an absurd number of unemployment”, he lists.
For Jorge Furtadowho created the book and signed the script for the film together Guel Arres, the good debate must continue, but some things are not debatable. “The vaccine is something that cannot be discussed. There is not, it is not possible to discuss the vaccine in the 21st century. The vaccine is something of the 18th century,” he opines.
Actress Debora Bloch strengthens. “How many lives could have been saved? What if there wasn’t this denial not only of the epidemic, but also of the effectiveness of the vaccine? In short, we are practically going back to prehistoric times,” she assesses.
Watch the trailer:
* With editing by Estela Marques.
Source: Terra
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